VietNamNet Bridge – A week after a traffic accident, 52-year-old woman Tran Thi Linh arrived at Viet Nam-Germany Hospital on April 28 to get patella surgery.

 Patients who get tattoos to cover facial skin grafts and scars may feel happier with both their appearance and quality of life,

 French scientists say they have proved a link between the Zika virus and a nerve syndrome called Guillain-Barre, suggesting countries hit by the Zika epidemic will see a rise in cases of the serious neurological condition.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese hospitals are losing a large number of patients who prefer the bedside manner and abilities of foreign doctors.

 Depressed people who display "risky behaviour", agitation and impulsivity are at least 50% more likely to attempt suicide, a study has found.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It was 10am at the HCM City Oncology Hospital in Binh Thanh District. Tran Van Ly, a 53 year-old who had travelled from nearby Binh Duong Province, was waiting for his turn to take a hematology test.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Tran Thi Ngoc Hoa, a native of Dong Nai Province, goes to hospital once a month for a blood transfusion to treat her thalassemia, an inherited form of anaemia.

 More than 120 people have died during a heatwave in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Among the multitudes, there are a few people who not only impress with the courage and ingenuity they show in overcoming adversity, but also in how they use their creativity to help others.

Vietnam sets up hot lines for MERS, Hospitals to open examination rooms for MERS suspects, Suspected MERS-CoV cases in Hai Phong test negative, Medial workers trained in handling MERS-CoV

 Two people have died of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) in South Korea, becoming the country's first fatalities from the disease.

 A lung cancer therapy can more than double life expectancy in some patients, a "milestone" trial shows.

 Scientists have unveiled a comprehensive genetic map of advanced prostate cancer, hailing it as the disease's "Rosetta Stone".

 VietNamNet Bridge – The cost of 551 types of medicine in HCM City will be cut by 10 per cent following an announcement made at a meeting held by the city's Department of Health on Saturday.

 A tablet device that can withstand being doused in chlorine has been developed to help doctors caring for patients with Ebola.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ambulances rushed 19 people to the hospital Saturday night after they inhaled too many motorbike exhaust fumes while waiting to leave a supermarket's basement parking lot,

Vietnam plans World Day of Road Traffic Victims; Vietnam seeks to enhance Geographic Information Systems; Patients still wait hours for medical exams; Newborn baby ejected from womb in accident no longer uses ventilator

Nearly 800 domestic and international doctors, researchers, medical managers and hospital leaders exchanged notes and shared experiences at the National Scientific Conference held yesterday in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Can Tho.

 A charity says a decision by the NHS in England to reject a drug for men with prostate cancer is a "fiasco".

Exercise is good for your health, but a new study out Tuesday found "clear evidence" of an increase in cardiovascular deaths in heart attack survivors who exercise too much.